Name Lane Tietgen Role Poet | Albums Wheel of Fortune | |
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Similar Jerry Hahn, Mike Finnigan, Mick Rogers, John Simon, Manfred Mann | ||
Lane Tietgen (born Topeka, Kansas) is an American poet, composer and singer, he plays guitar and bass. Tietgen now lives in the Bay Area in California.
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Worldwide are known especially two of his songs:
Early in his career, he created the songs for the folk band Serfs, for which he also played guitar. The Serfs were particularly successful in the area of their Kansas home and its neighboring states. 44 years later, in 2009, they are included in the Kansas Music Hall of Fame.
In 1970 Jerry Hahn with his blues-jazz-rock-band The Jerry Hahn Brotherhood with the musicians Mike Finnigan, Clyde Graves and George Marsh took seven songs from Tietgen, including "Captain Bobby Stout" and "Martha's Madmen", on their homonymous record.
In 1994, Ringo Starr took Tietgen's song "Red and Black Blues" as a bonus song on his CD Stop and Smell the Roses.
Tietgen regularly performs live as a folk singer and guitarist in music venues.
In 2006 Ice Cube used a melody by Tietgen for his song "Click, Clack - Get Back!" on the CD Laugh Now, Cry Later
In 2009 Tietgen released his record Wheels of Fortune with exclusively own songs.
Discography
Selection
The Jerry Hahn Brotherhood
Seven of the ten songs were written by Lane Tietgen:
Lane Tietgen: Wheels of Fortune
Folk-rock record of Lane Tietgen, published in 2009
Artists
Songs:
- Wheel of Fortune
- Deep Waters of the Heart
- Sweet Alchemy
- Some Call It Evil
- My Heart's One Desire
- Love And Redemption
- Raindrops On the Page
- Eight-Ball Blues
- Mama Bring That Good Thing Over Here
- MLK Riot 1968